Ngaphansi kwezinhlelo zayo zokuxhumanisa i-Afrika ngohambo lwezokuvakasha zakudala, isitimela iRovos Rail, iPride of Africa manje isisendleleni, igudlukela enyakatho isuka eKapa eNingizimu Afrika iye eDar es Salaam eTanzania ngaphambi kokuqala uhambo lwayo lokuqala lokuxhuma i-Indian Ocean. kanye ne-Atlantic Ocean.
Isitimela, i-Pride of Africa manje siyagingqika, sinqamula emazweni aseNingizimu ne-Afrika siya eMpumalanga Afrika, ogwini lwase-Indian Ocean e-Dar es Salaam, eTanzania. Imibiko yenkampani iRovos Rail ePitoli ithi isitimela sisuke eKapa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule sizofika eDar es Salaam ngoMgqibelo ozayo ngemuva kohambo lwakudala lwamasonto amabili.
Isuke eKapa ilibangise eDar es Salaam ngoJuni 29 izofika ngoMgqibelo ozayo, Julayi 13, ngaphambi kokuthi yethule eyokuqala ngqa. uhambo lwezintombi olusuka eDar es Salaam luya eLobito e-Angola. Isitimela singathatha abagibeli abangafika kwabangu-72, bonke abavakashi.
“Kuzobe kungokokuqala emlandweni ukuthi isitimela esithwala abantu sihambe umzila wethusi osuka empumalanga uye entshonalanga. Umzila wethu omusha uqondana kahle nosuku lwethu lokuzalwa lwama-30. Ngiyafisa ukusho ukuthi bekuhleliwe kodwa ngeke ngikwazi ukuncoma isikhathi esingesihle,” kusho uRohan Vos, ongumnikazi nesikhulu esiphezulu seRovos Rail.
Isitimela se-Rovos Rail's Pride of Africa esilinganiselwe njengesona sodwa isitimela sezokuvakasha e-Afrika, sithatha uhambo olusuka emahoreni angama-48 kuye ezinsukwini eziyi-15 ngomzila omusha wokuxhuma izilwandle ezimbili ozokwethulwa maduze.
I-Pride of Africa izosuka edolobheni elisogwini lwaseNdiya i-Dar es Salaam ohlangothini olusempumalanga ye-Afrika, inqamule iTanzania, iZambia, neDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC) iye eLobito e-Angola olwandle i-Atlantic Ocean.
Ukusuka eKapa kuya eTanzania, isitimela iPride of Africa sidlula ezindaweni ezikhangayo zomlando nezivakashi eningizimu ye-Afrika okuhlanganisa iVictoria Falls eZimbabwe, imayini yedayimane yaseKimberley yaseNingizimu Afrika, iLimpopo kanye ne-Kruger National Parks kanye noMfula iZambezi.
E-Tanzania, isitimela sidlula ezindaweni ezikhangayo ezikhangayo e-Southern Highlands of Tanzania okuhlanganisa i-Kipengere ne-Livingstone Ranges ekhangayo, i-Kitulo National Park, i-Selous Game Reserve, phakathi kwezinye izindawo ezikhanga izivakashi.
Imibiko evela ekomkhulu leRovos Rail ePitoli, eNingizimu Afrika ithi uhambo lokuqala lokuya eLobito e-Angola luzoqala ngoJulayi 16 lusuka eDar es Salaam luhlanganisa nokuvakashela eSelous Game Reserve eningizimu yeTanzania, impukane ngobusuku obubili uhambo I-South Luangwa National Park eZambia kanye nokuvakasha kwedolobha laseLubumbashi e-DR Congo.
Ukusuka eZambia, isitimela iPride of Africa sizodabula ujantshi weZambia Railways sisuka esiteshini iKapiri Mposhi bese sixhuma kwiNational Railways Company of Congo (SNCC) sijoyine iBenguela Railway esiteshini saseLuau e-Angola eduze komngcele weDR Congo bese siya eLobito i-Atlantic Ocean.
I-Rovos Rail's esuka e-Dar es Salaam ogwini lolwandle i-Indian Ocean iya e-Lobito ogwini lwe-Atlantic Ocean kuzoba uhambo lokuqala emlandweni wale ngxenye ye-Afrika ukuthi isitimela esithwala abantu sizohamba sisuka empumalanga siye emzileni osentshonalanga ohlanganisa izilwandle ezimbili ezisemngceleni wolwandle. Izwekazi lase-Afrika.
